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Hello everyone! Pardon me I hope the glare from my head doesn't hurt your eyes
Shiny:
Hey Dudes! I am kinda new to being bald. I have shaved before but only once a year for a few years. I guess I was hoping that mowing it down and scraping it off would somehow regenerate some new growth but needless to say, it has not. If you're wondering how anyone could think such a silly thought, it's easy to when you have alopecia areata. Hopefully someday I will have a choice of whether to be bald or not. Although I do like being bald and I see definite advantages to it. The only thing I don't like is that no matter how close a shave I get, I cannot get rid of the darkish shadow where my hair is, so you can still see the totally bald and shiny patches where the hair has fallen out. How do I get totally shiny? One other question, when I have hair, I have dandruff and use head&shoulders. Do I still need to? Probably eh?
BaldRob:
Hi and welcome Shiny!
The shadow is an issue that we all deal with unless you're a blond! I have very dark brown hair and have the shadow year round, even when I'm tan. It's not as bad during the summer months though. Mostly, I just don't worry about it because I can't afford a makeup artist to follow me around every where to make the shadow go away! ;D Here's a topic dealing with the shadow: http://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/index.php?topic=128.0
The dandruff problem should go away totally when you shave, so dump the Head and Shoulders!
Couple things you can do... use a good exfoliator, such as HeadShed or similar. That will help get all the dead skin off your head before shaving. Use a high quality shaving cream or gel that keeps your head slick during the shave (also shaving in the shower helps a lot). Afterwards, use some type of moisturizer, like HeadLube or Baldguyz Moisture Gel.
Again, welcome to Sly Bald Guys!
MagmaBabe:
Hi Shiny!
Welcome to the group ;D
schro:
Welcom Shiny!!
One big piece of advice if you want the dandruff to stay away. KEEP YOUR HEAD SHAVED!!!!! As most of the guys (and MagnaBabe) know, I shaved my dome on New Year's Day, 2007. I had been losing it for a while, and was somewhat comfortable with that look. However, I suffered from sebhorric dermatitis, which is a genetic condition that results in severe embedded dandruff that can be extremely painful, especially during the winter months.
Since I have been shaving my head, this painful condition is COMPLETELY GONE !!!! The health of my scalp has never been better. Although my wife has yet to embrace my SLY look, I plan on keeping it shaved.
I usually shave it every other day (although I did shave it daily on a recent golf trip, and loved the slick feeling). Whenever I shave, I always use a moisturizer afterwards, which I think is critical for me. Based on your dandruff, I would recommend you do the same.
Before I committed to shaving my head, I did a lot of on-line reading about product lines and opted to be a HeadBlade guy. I use the HB Classic razor, Headslick shave cream (the menthol feeling rocks), and Headlube (matte) moisturizing lotion.
KEEP IT SLY, you'll never regret it.
Schro
PBurke:
welcome shiny.
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